Edwards Sees ‘Tough Time’ Ahead For TAVR Patients
Executive Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic is severely hindering patient access to transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures. Edwards Lifesciences, the market leader, is hopeful that TAVR volumes will recover by the end of 2020, but that will be too late for many patients.
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